WHAT do the Kelly bag by Hermes, bikini and Lacoste polo shirt have in common? They are all French inventions. But not everyone might be aware that the four-hole button, parachute, pencil sharpener ...

This photograph shows a pair of glasses filled with "Ricard Pastis" in Marseille, on September 5, 2024. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP) From French tea and beer habits to France's world-changing ...

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WHO said the French do not—cannot—change? The képi, that high-crowned peaked cap, is on the way out. The maisons closes, those brothels run by the state, have gone. The French have bidden adieu, too, ...

Art’s oldest subject, nature, continues to beguile, motivate and sometimes awe. But in the cellphone-camera era, simply documenting blossoms and sunrises has become too easy. This compels new and ...